Rafael Benitez can understand why Newcastle are attracting interest from potential buyers having seen the club's potential for himself.
Andrew Henderson, the lawyer tasked with selling the business after owner Mike Ashley formally put it on the market earlier this week, has received a series of credible enquiries to add to a group of interested parties who had already signed non-disclosure agreements, one of them, sources say, is Amanda Staveley's PCP Capital Partners.
Benitez has distanced himself from the frenzy of speculation which has followed Monday's announcement, preferring instead to concentrate on Saturday's Premier League clash with Crystal Palace at St James' Park.